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one taliban commander agreed to meet with us in the afghan capital. he's a specialist in suicide bombings, trained by al qaeda. the safest place we could find was the back of a car, and he would only talk if we concealed his identity. as we made our way through the streets, we had to avoid the city's heavy security and keep our cameras hidden from view. who is behind the insider attacks, what the americans call "insider attacks," infiltrating the afghan police and army? is that you? >> ( translated ): these are taliban attacks. this is part of our new military strategy. we have our people in the afghan police and the army. and the orders come from the top. >> logan: he told us al qaeda fighters are rushing to afghanistan, and that he has more than a dozen of them under his command. he also said they have been the driving force that has made the taliban more lethal on the battlefield. are you the only commander with al qaeda fighters? >> ( translated ): there are many groups that have them. we can't do this without them. >> logan: what skills do the al
one taliban commander agreed to meet with us in the afghan capital. he's a specialist in suicide bombings, trained by al qaeda. the safest place we could find was the back of a car, and he would only talk if we concealed his identity. as we made our way through the streets, we had to avoid the city's heavy security and keep our cameras hidden from view. who is behind the insider attacks, what the americans call "insider attacks," infiltrating the afghan police and army? is that you?...
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as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past al qaeda has been decimated in afghanistan. is that true? >> it's all true. one of the problems we have, we want all the lines to be neat. the taliban to be in their box and al qaeda in their box. same thing in benghazi. al sharia. what has happened as the organizations have broken down, because we have decimated them, groups of people who are still following the same narrative have spread around. and the lines have gotten blurrier, but the narrative hasn't. >> general allen made the point al qaeda in small numbers can do large damage. >> they're not -- they're asymm
as we just heard from lara logan's taliban interviewee. they're doing that. >> they're bringing skills that they don't have, she suggested. >> that's right. at a much higher level. honed after years of practice. >> john, we've got the attacks over the weekend and again this morning. you know, the white house, john brennan, the head of counterterrorism there at the white house has said as recently as april that al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. morale is low. in the past...
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lieutenant colonel barker's men are eager to get back into taliban territory. they took us to the furthest checkpoint they ventured out to since the new orders. the first line of defense against the taliban. the checkpoint is now manned by afghan forces. but we found a disorganized group with few uniforms but plenty of guns, a potential danger for u.s. troops. >> if you come to an environment like this there are afghans with weapons. >> they're not going to put away their weapons just because we're here. as you see, everybody else has got theirs, too. >> reporter: you've built this relationship on trust and now you're saying well, hold on, maybe we don't trust you and-- that's not what you're saying. >> right. >> reporter: but that's the impression. >> that may be the message. we tried to soft than blow as much as we can. they felt guilty for the incidents themselves so they understood why we were trying to do this. we're going to continue this relationship as best we can given this and they were good with it. >> reporter: the soldiers that we were with hoped t
lieutenant colonel barker's men are eager to get back into taliban territory. they took us to the furthest checkpoint they ventured out to since the new orders. the first line of defense against the taliban. the checkpoint is now manned by afghan forces. but we found a disorganized group with few uniforms but plenty of guns, a potential danger for u.s. troops. >> if you come to an environment like this there are afghans with weapons. >> they're not going to put away their weapons...
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marines urinating on dead taliban fighters last year and posing for pictures with the corpses. three other marines have already been punished in this case. >>> a review finds more than 1100 people in massachusetts are in state prison or county jails because of potentially tainted drug evidence. a former state chemist allegedly told law enforcement officials she mixed drug samples to create positive results. she has not been charged, but a criminal investigation is under way. >>> fast-moving wildfires are posing dangers in the west this morning. the body of an 82-year-old disabled man was discovered in a home in san diego county. the shockey fire has scorched about 2,000 acres so far and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. another fire in oklahoma has been contained. about 100 firefighters battled the grass fire that threatened about a dozen homes and cled a state highway for much of the afternoon. >>> in your a.m. house call the discovery of a new virus. but exactly what is it? two men from the middle east became infected with a strain linked to both the common cold an
marines urinating on dead taliban fighters last year and posing for pictures with the corpses. three other marines have already been punished in this case. >>> a review finds more than 1100 people in massachusetts are in state prison or county jails because of potentially tainted drug evidence. a former state chemist allegedly told law enforcement officials she mixed drug samples to create positive results. she has not been charged, but a criminal investigation is under way....
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marines urinating on dead taliban fighters last year and posing for pictures with the corpses. three other marines have already been punished in this case. >>> a review finds more than 1100 people in massachusetts are in state prison or county jails because of potentially tainted drug evidence. a former state chemist allegedly told law enforcement officials she mixed drug samples to create positive results. she has not been charged, but a criminal investigation is under way. >>> fast-moving wildfires are posing dangers in the west this morning. the body of an 82-year-old disabled man was discovered in a home in san diego county. the shockey fire has scorched about 2,000 acres so far and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. another fire in oklahoma has been contained. about 100 firefighters battled the grass fire that threatened about a dozen homes and closed a state highway for much of the afternoon. >>> in your a.m. house call the discovery of a new virus. but exactly what is it? two men from the middle east became infected with a strain linked to both the common cold
marines urinating on dead taliban fighters last year and posing for pictures with the corpses. three other marines have already been punished in this case. >>> a review finds more than 1100 people in massachusetts are in state prison or county jails because of potentially tainted drug evidence. a former state chemist allegedly told law enforcement officials she mixed drug samples to create positive results. she has not been charged, but a criminal investigation is under way....
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is he being looked at like al qaeda or the taliban? or a means by which someone like this is communicating with >> he is now in the ecuadorean embassy in london for 100 days. what is happening? >> the foreign minister gave a talk with julian yesterday at the u.n. in said, we will never, ever surrender julian assange. he has been given asylum and now the demand is the u.k. give safe passage to julian assange to ecuador. that is required by law. today, the ecuadorean minister says he is meeting with his u.k. correspondent at the u.n. and will make the request, the demand that julian assange be given safe passage. he also said they made every effort to get guarantees that julian assange would not be forwarded from sweden to the unit's states for prosecution precooks you mean it would give him up to be questioned by sweden if their concern is having sent to the united states. >> that is their major concern. the united states refuse to answer the question of whether not to prosecute julian assange. >> michael ratner, thank you. tonight i wi
is he being looked at like al qaeda or the taliban? or a means by which someone like this is communicating with >> he is now in the ecuadorean embassy in london for 100 days. what is happening? >> the foreign minister gave a talk with julian yesterday at the u.n. in said, we will never, ever surrender julian assange. he has been given asylum and now the demand is the u.k. give safe passage to julian assange to ecuador. that is required by law. today, the ecuadorean minister says he...
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society to work with the younger generati generation, and unfortunately we are going to withdraw and the taliban will come back and sees as much as they can. ashley: the arab spring, what challenges does it pose with regards to security in the region? >> lebanon is clearly a lost cause, and the israelis are watching. iraq is going the wrong direction, the president has no solution to what is going on with iran contaminating the entire regn. weave a policy that is absolutely bankrupt, it is going to lead to far broader problems across that part of the world and also the underbelly of europe. he think we have had it bad, this rate it will get much worse. ashley: all right, thank you so much. they will have much more on the administration's response to libya and afghanistan later coming up with the "a-team." no more bailouts, national debt is over, but states with pension problems totaling 20 half trillion more, taxpayer bailout ahead if president obama wins a second term? the american economy, millions remain out of work and the fiscal cliff looms as wall street poised for lame duk rallied to matt
society to work with the younger generati generation, and unfortunately we are going to withdraw and the taliban will come back and sees as much as they can. ashley: the arab spring, what challenges does it pose with regards to security in the region? >> lebanon is clearly a lost cause, and the israelis are watching. iraq is going the wrong direction, the president has no solution to what is going on with iran contaminating the entire regn. weave a policy that is absolutely bankrupt, it...
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has admitted the alliance's withdrawal from afghanistan could be accelerated due to the taliban strategy insider attacks it comes as the number of u.s. soldiers killed during the invasion and eleven year occupation reached the two thousand mark according to the nato secretary general the so-called green on blue attacks on western soldiers have undermined troop morale they've also affected nato afghan relations as the alliance prepares to have security responsibilities to local forces middle east academic adamant from the american university in washington believes nato has brought afghan hostility upon itself. well first of all there are there is the issue of the difficulty of trying to impose order and or a certain kind of order by foreign powers on afghanistan and the other part of it has to do also with the policies which have been pursued by nato in afghanistan these smaller cities have not really transformed they question on the ground they have not greatly improved the lives of the afghan people and they have not contributed to building up. gun infrastructure as some had promised mo
has admitted the alliance's withdrawal from afghanistan could be accelerated due to the taliban strategy insider attacks it comes as the number of u.s. soldiers killed during the invasion and eleven year occupation reached the two thousand mark according to the nato secretary general the so-called green on blue attacks on western soldiers have undermined troop morale they've also affected nato afghan relations as the alliance prepares to have security responsibilities to local forces middle...
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there is a sponsor from the population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against that tax by drones which have led to the deaths of many many innocent civilians and afghanistan even the afghan president himself. has called on nato to curb and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of and go to an unpatched going isn't powered nato. and plenty more still ahead for you this hour including more bad news for bradley manning the soldier for available to us violence in iraq and afghanistan is being denied their rights to a swift trial his lawyer demands all charges be dropped saying the case is taking twice as long as it took to build the empire state building that's coming up. the sun rises over what seems like and most forest but here in new directions crime hundred kilometers north of live all stop as much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. mortgages both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of
there is a sponsor from the population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against that tax by drones which have led to the deaths of many many innocent civilians and afghanistan even the afghan president himself. has called on nato to curb and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of and go to an unpatched going isn't powered nato. and plenty more still ahead...
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accountability project she's also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban she joins me now and just let me just get your initial impressions of this speech it was very powerful it was not only chock full of first amendment nuggets but a songe was able to draw a stark contrast by holding up the mirror to what president obama said the other day about democratic principles and freedom of speech and he also was able to speak very eloquently about bradley manning yes certainly so many things discussed here one of the things a lot of people were speculating is that assigns wanted to make sure people knew his story and knew it kind of in contrast with what we're seeing going on around the world as expected i guess you could say julian assange when pretty hard on the u.s. . as you mentioned president obama spoke yesterday at the u.n. you know talking about human rights talking about things that are important values to this country. but signs criticized the president for you know cracking down on whistleblowers just on this is your category let's hear some of what a
accountability project she's also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban she joins me now and just let me just get your initial impressions of this speech it was very powerful it was not only chock full of first amendment nuggets but a songe was able to draw a stark contrast by holding up the mirror to what president obama said the other day about democratic principles and freedom of speech and he also was able to speak very eloquently about bradley manning...
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when it all happened, the taliban broke into three groups. one group headed right for the flight line. six jets were destroyed, more than $200 million in damage. some marines say it is the largest loss of aircraft since the vietnam war. >> we're hearing ammunition begin to cook off as well as their rounds they're firing at us. we're heading the sounds of fire as the gas is released from the aircraft. it was -- like i said, a surreal scene to behold. >> reporter: a staff sergeant led another team into the firefight. >> well, it's definitely like the movies, you know, how you see -- i mean, the fire was huge. so you can feel the heat hitting your face. you can smell it. you can hear all the snapping and cracking and all around the walls, all around you. >> reporter: for sergeant bradley atwell and christopher rable, it would be their final mission. both men died of their wounds, lieutenant colonel rabo remembered by his marines. >> he took decisive action. he led his marines and he led them from the front. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel rabo w
when it all happened, the taliban broke into three groups. one group headed right for the flight line. six jets were destroyed, more than $200 million in damage. some marines say it is the largest loss of aircraft since the vietnam war. >> we're hearing ammunition begin to cook off as well as their rounds they're firing at us. we're heading the sounds of fire as the gas is released from the aircraft. it was -- like i said, a surreal scene to behold. >> reporter: a staff sergeant led...
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the taliban is more like an army than al qaeda. al qaeda is on the idea of one plot, it's based on terrorism, it's not based on fighting, you know, brigade to brigade and very effective the way they work. >> john you actually knew one of the military contractors who was killed over the weekend, right? >> in the latest incident, that was kevin o'rourke. there was a rourke nypd emergency service unit officer, a hero cop in new york. he worked here at emergency service one in manhattan. then trained the scuba divers for the nypd. then a sergeant down there in efforts.rked in the rescue he loved training cops anywhere which is what he was doing back in afghanistan as a contractor. >> john miller, thank you very much. now to presidential politics. the first debate is coming up on wednesday. usually both sides try to lower expectations for their candidates, that's what president obama did on sunday. but one of mitt romney's leading supporters had a different view. >> know folks in the media are speculating already who will have the best
the taliban is more like an army than al qaeda. al qaeda is on the idea of one plot, it's based on terrorism, it's not based on fighting, you know, brigade to brigade and very effective the way they work. >> john you actually knew one of the military contractors who was killed over the weekend, right? >> in the latest incident, that was kevin o'rourke. there was a rourke nypd emergency service unit officer, a hero cop in new york. he worked here at emergency service one in...
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seeing is that is spawns from population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against the drones which have led to the deaths so many many innocent civilians in afghanistan even the afghan. karzai has called on nato to curb the separates and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of anger and paganism to our greater. and of this can turn to a big conflict is also bring in the u.k. next hour we hear from a british m.p. who was buying from the house of commons for his fiery antiwar speech. this war is being prolonged by those that have the power to bended canada that brought their troops home two years ago so the netherlands fringe new zealand is a coming out early absolutely no reason why you shouldn't bring our troops home now the only reason is that we tied in with the politics of the united states we don't independent state we have to remind ourselves of that we can take our own decisions and what we're going to see in the future is deepening trouble they'll
seeing is that is spawns from population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against the drones which have led to the deaths so many many innocent civilians in afghanistan even the afghan. karzai has called on nato to curb the separates and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of anger and paganism to our greater. and of this can turn to a big conflict is...
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the mexican navy caught ivan velazquez caballero, also known as "el taliban", along with two associates yesterday. this morning, mexican authorities paraded him before the media, wearing a bulletproof vest. caballero leads a faction of the powerful zetas cartel. he's the third cartel leader to be captured this month. territorial disputes between the zetas and gulf cartels have led to widespread violence in northern mexico in recent weeks. the u.s. army paused today for mandatory suicide prevention training. record high rates prompted the army-wide initiative. the number of suicides among service members each year has nearly doubled since 2005. and from june to july of this year the number of suicides outpaced combat deaths of active-duty soldiers. the last stand-down training for suicide prevention was in 2009. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: the state department is temporarily withdrawing more staff from the u.s. embassy in tripoli, libya for what it called security reasons, according to a department official in new york. meanwhile, the obama adm
the mexican navy caught ivan velazquez caballero, also known as "el taliban", along with two associates yesterday. this morning, mexican authorities paraded him before the media, wearing a bulletproof vest. caballero leads a faction of the powerful zetas cartel. he's the third cartel leader to be captured this month. territorial disputes between the zetas and gulf cartels have led to widespread violence in northern mexico in recent weeks. the u.s. army paused today for mandatory...
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that is spawns from afghan population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against that by drones which have led to the death so many many innocent civilians and afghanistan may have been the afghan president himself karzai has called on nato to curb the efforts and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of the ngo to unpack it isn't powered nato five medics have been arrested in a series of dawn raids in bahrain after they and four other doctors lost their final appeal over jail terms for taking part in pro to mock received demonstrations . from the country's largest opposition party says the courts have long been in the rulers pockets. all international but these guys and the national but he is talking about as not just a symbolic ban the whole judicial process and not that it be and conduct is just in the control of the ruling power maybe those who torture illegally torture these medics where not even at the ending to the. situation for their cause and th
that is spawns from afghan population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against that by drones which have led to the death so many many innocent civilians and afghanistan may have been the afghan president himself karzai has called on nato to curb the efforts and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of the ngo to unpack it isn't powered nato five medics...
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we know now it was a taliban attack. they said after the fort hood shooting it was workplace violence. we now know that man was in contact with the american al qaeda cleric running al qaeda in arabian peninsula. these people have a record of downplaying and dismissing terrorist attacks when they have gotten through our defenses repeatedly on their watch. megyn: simon, go ahead. >> all i will say if you look where we are today from when the president came into office almost four years ago, we've seen more movement towards democracy and freedom in the middle east, in his watch, during his watch than we saw in 5,000 years of arab and middle eastern history. we just today signed a massive free-trade agreement with the gulf nations to bring more trade, more commerce, more investment to the region, to hopefully help stablize the region overtime. we know that al qaeda is severely weakened. it is not gone. you and i agree on this there are still threats there, severely weakened. bin bip is no longer there. we've also seen, we ar
we know now it was a taliban attack. they said after the fort hood shooting it was workplace violence. we now know that man was in contact with the american al qaeda cleric running al qaeda in arabian peninsula. these people have a record of downplaying and dismissing terrorist attacks when they have gotten through our defenses repeatedly on their watch. megyn: simon, go ahead. >> all i will say if you look where we are today from when the president came into office almost four years ago,...
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the taliban denies recruiting children as suicide bombers. the facts tell a very different story. authorities say just a few days ago a 10-year-old orphan boy managed to escape from insurgents who were going to make him wear a suicide vest so he could blow himself up in front of coalition troops. rujallah has a 4-year-old son who he says he loves and misses very much. when i asked him how he'd feel if his child was used as a suicide bomber, he tells me -- "if he wants to be a suicide bomber when he gets older, well, then, no one can stop him. if he follows islam and does it for islam, then that's a good thing." at times he speaks with hatred in his eyes, and then there are moments when he smiles explaining this is all a test from god. "our real life starts after doomsday, so this is not our real life. this world is a paradise for pagans and a hell for muslims. we just need to be patient." the afghan intelligence service and armed forces say they have foiled dozens of attacks in recent months. and while that's an encouraging sign, rujallah says there are thousands of others just li
the taliban denies recruiting children as suicide bombers. the facts tell a very different story. authorities say just a few days ago a 10-year-old orphan boy managed to escape from insurgents who were going to make him wear a suicide vest so he could blow himself up in front of coalition troops. rujallah has a 4-year-old son who he says he loves and misses very much. when i asked him how he'd feel if his child was used as a suicide bomber, he tells me -- "if he wants to be a suicide...
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push the taliban back but did not batter them in a recent fight. looking at some other international news stories along the lines of what the last caller was talking about. the link to the libya attacks from the "wall street journal." the u.s. track egyptian officers free the prison in the arab spurring and the middle east and north africa and also in the presence of militants. the problem now emerging as the potential new terrorist threat. fighters link to one free militant, muhammad jamal took place in libya that killed four americans. u.s. officials based believe on the initial report. and the u.s. has pulled all personnel from eastern libyan city of van -- benghazi. that is the story in the washington post. tomorrow will focus on domestic issues. are you tuning in? what will you be listening for if you intend on to mannion? if you are not going to watch or listen, why? that is the question this morning. the candidate's policies are very clear by now, putting them in the atmosphere will not change my mind. it is fun to watch. new orleans on the
push the taliban back but did not batter them in a recent fight. looking at some other international news stories along the lines of what the last caller was talking about. the link to the libya attacks from the "wall street journal." the u.s. track egyptian officers free the prison in the arab spurring and the middle east and north africa and also in the presence of militants. the problem now emerging as the potential new terrorist threat. fighters link to one free militant, muhammad...
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the taliban is claiming responsibility. nato officials say the bomber targeted a patrol in khost city. it comes a day after two americans died including the 2,000th u.s. military member to be killed during the war in afghanistan. >>> and the supreme court opens its new term this morning at 10:00 eastern. key issues, of course, may handle include affirmative action, same-sex marriage and voting rights. yesterday six of the nine justices attended the red mass at the roman catholic cathedral of saint matthew the apostle, that's in washington. it's held every year just before the start of the court's new session. >>> and we are waiting for an announcement today with the latest in the search for jimmy hoffa's remains. investigators are waiting for tests on mud and clay samples from a home in suburban detroit. they searched under a shed there friday. a tipster claims he saw what appeared to be a body being buried there in the site the day after the former teamster chief disappeared in 1975. so, far, though, they've found nothing
the taliban is claiming responsibility. nato officials say the bomber targeted a patrol in khost city. it comes a day after two americans died including the 2,000th u.s. military member to be killed during the war in afghanistan. >>> and the supreme court opens its new term this morning at 10:00 eastern. key issues, of course, may handle include affirmative action, same-sex marriage and voting rights. yesterday six of the nine justices attended the red mass at the roman catholic...
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of the speakers last night and is the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban. i thought it went really well i don't know how much money was raised by the event it was a fundraiser but i do know that there's a generous tuner who is willing to match dollar for dollar any contributions me made and i think there were incredibly powerful speeches by thomas drake and by chris hedges and by david house and i just liberate iraq as well thank you. i did the best i could it's very hard because he is an incredibly significant whistleblower and arguably one of the most important ones of the past century even daniel ellsberg the patriarch of whistleblowers says that about bradley manning ellsberg of course leaked the pentagon papers to maritimes and other publications let's talk about bradley manning and what's next of course this these funds are needed bradley manning has an attorney david coombs these funds are needed to continue to support him and he has been as we said you know behind bars for eight hundred fifty two hundred sixty two days i think he still has not gone
of the speakers last night and is the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban. i thought it went really well i don't know how much money was raised by the event it was a fundraiser but i do know that there's a generous tuner who is willing to match dollar for dollar any contributions me made and i think there were incredibly powerful speeches by thomas drake and by chris hedges and by david house and i just liberate iraq as well thank you. i did the best i could...
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taliban prisoner, american interrogator. taliban prisoner says, you've got the watches. we've got the time. and all this president has done is announce withdrawals. his overridden his military. >> the number of troof troops, e the generals what they wanted. >> no, they didn't. he asked for 40,000, he gave them 30,000, he announced withdrawals which they said would be much greater risk. one of the withdrawals that was not even an option that they planned on. he has consistently overridden the advice and recommendations of our military leaders and the chickens are coming home to roost there. iraq. >> so some kids that were 5 years old on september 11th, 2001, are getting killed now. listen, we have to stay as long as we stay, but -- hold on. we've been there for over a decade. how much longer do we stay? you know the american people only put up with foreign occupations for so long in wars. how much longer would a president mccain have us stay there? >> i would have a long time ago set certain goals to be achieved associated with timing and not saying that all we're doing i
taliban prisoner, american interrogator. taliban prisoner says, you've got the watches. we've got the time. and all this president has done is announce withdrawals. his overridden his military. >> the number of troof troops, e the generals what they wanted. >> no, they didn't. he asked for 40,000, he gave them 30,000, he announced withdrawals which they said would be much greater risk. one of the withdrawals that was not even an option that they planned on. he has consistently...
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the taliban is claiming responsibility. officials say the bomber targeted a joint patrol by nato and afghan security forces in coast city using a motorcycle packed with explosives. the attack comes amid a grim milestone, a day after two americans died. there have now been 2,000 u.s. military members killed in afghanistan. >>> on the final day of the u.n. general assembly session, world leaders will hear from syria's foreign minister. he is expected to deliver a vigorous defense of president bashar al assad's handling of the crisis that has now engulfed syria for the past 18 months and, of course, has spiralled into a civil war. >>> the supreme court opened its new term this morning at 10:00. it is a big one. important cases the court may decide include affirmative action, same-sex marriage and voting rights. yesterday six of the nine justices attended the red mass at the roman catholic cathedral of st. matthew the apostle in washington held every year just before the start of the court's new session. >>> we expect an announ
the taliban is claiming responsibility. officials say the bomber targeted a joint patrol by nato and afghan security forces in coast city using a motorcycle packed with explosives. the attack comes amid a grim milestone, a day after two americans died. there have now been 2,000 u.s. military members killed in afghanistan. >>> on the final day of the u.n. general assembly session, world leaders will hear from syria's foreign minister. he is expected to deliver a vigorous defense of...
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soldiers helmet cam captures a gun battle with the taliban. it happened back in april. the soldier is heard yelling on the video, i'm hit, i'm hit. after running out without cover to draw fire away from his squad. officials say he suffered just minor shrapnel wounds from bullets which actually struck his weapon. >>> the white house confirming a hack attack on its computer system but says it was detected and foiled, and no classified information was at risk. officials are playing down a published report that hackers linked to china's government broke into a system used by the white house military office for nuclear commands. >>> all right we had some heart-stopping video out of new york city. a 72-year-old man desperately trying to escape a fire hangs on for dear life from this third floor apartment window. then, he lets go. there it is. wow. friends and neighbors below, they catch him. the whole thing, meanwhile, caught on cell phone video. local stations are reporting that ronnie poe did not suffer any broken bones. lucky man. >>> american airlines has grounded several
soldiers helmet cam captures a gun battle with the taliban. it happened back in april. the soldier is heard yelling on the video, i'm hit, i'm hit. after running out without cover to draw fire away from his squad. officials say he suffered just minor shrapnel wounds from bullets which actually struck his weapon. >>> the white house confirming a hack attack on its computer system but says it was detected and foiled, and no classified information was at risk. officials are playing down a...
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and civilian officials have all but written off their strategy to end the afghan war by forcing the taliban into a peace deal, with the plan replaced by a goal of setting the stage for the afghans to work out a deal for themselves. critics of the obama administration say the united states weakened its own hand by agreeing to the 2012 deadline, and the administration officials say the deadline is crucial. meanwhile, the nato secretary general says the retreat of western forces from afghanistan could come sooner than expected, adding that their recent green- on-blue killings have been successful in sapping morale. turning to presidential politics, a judge rules whether to keep intact pennsylvania put the new law requiring voters to show photo id in the election. there is a supreme court order to will no later than today at 5:00 p.m., five weeks before voters go to the polls. homeland security is reporting that one border patrol agent has been killed and one wounded in an arizona shooting. we'll keep you updated. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> when nation's chief in
and civilian officials have all but written off their strategy to end the afghan war by forcing the taliban into a peace deal, with the plan replaced by a goal of setting the stage for the afghans to work out a deal for themselves. critics of the obama administration say the united states weakened its own hand by agreeing to the 2012 deadline, and the administration officials say the deadline is crucial. meanwhile, the nato secretary general says the retreat of western forces from afghanistan...